Blue waters and green and the Far East today . in assimi-lating Korea, a task that will take years. I could give other figures that would show thepoverty of this people, but these suffice. Nothingbut a patriotism that is fanatic, a courage that isdesperate, would have carried her as far as she hasgone. She staked her last dollar in the war with Russia,in the hope of getting Manchuria as an outlet for hersurplus population, and failed. True, she has Korea,a rich country, richer than Japan, and with that shemust be content till she mends her finances, whichwill take years. She makes a bluff that
Blue waters and green and the Far East today . in assimi-lating Korea, a task that will take years. I could give other figures that would show thepoverty of this people, but these suffice. Nothingbut a patriotism that is fanatic, a courage that isdesperate, would have carried her as far as she hasgone. She staked her last dollar in the war with Russia,in the hope of getting Manchuria as an outlet for hersurplus population, and failed. True, she has Korea,a rich country, richer than Japan, and with that shemust be content till she mends her finances, whichwill take years. She makes a bluff that she is launch-ing new battleships. They are simply the old Rus-sian ships patched up. As one approaches Nikko by rail the first of itsbeauties is the great avenue of cryptomeria, a giantcedar that grows like a pine, straight and tall. Thisavenue, planted on each side the Pilgrims road,leading to the shrines of Nikko, is more than threehundred years old. The great cedars will averagethree feet through and a hundred and fifty feet high, [272]. CRYPTOMERIA ROAD. JAPAN and were set so closely that now they almost long dim avenue is like a cathedral isle, with thebrown trunks splashed with green moss rising sixtyfeet without a limb, each straight and perfect, andthe burst of feathery foliage that meets above, thehalf-twilight, and the stone road worn by pious feetthat tells of its age-old travel. So far in this wandering narrative I have not usedthe guide-book much, but at Nikko, the Nikko Hotelhas compiled a guide-book of the sights of the vicin-ity that is so naive and refreshing that I am temptedto draw upon it just a little. For instance, I amtold of the wonderful sacred bridge over which noone are allowed to pass. For person pressed fortime may ride down the cryptomeria avenue andtake the railroad below. This excursion are mostlyon flat, and therefore no afraidness shall be experi-enced. It may easily go up and back same day,where a good, splendid view can be attaine
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